Paper tube.



G. B. STREIT.

.PAPBB TUBE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1912.- I I I 1,067,493. 'Patented'luly 15, 1913 WITNESSES:

g3 I at? gENToR I ATTORN EY hatefinvented a' certain new and v provement 1D Paper Tubes, and 'declaie the 25 spec tii'e of the completed tiibe.

'A,,is theblank which 'hasa pair of pro- These ems;

GEORGE B. s REm oF DETROIT, MICHIGAN,

PAPER TUBE.

citizen of the United States residing at Detioit, countyab'f'h vayne, State of Michigan,

following to be'a' full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will ena le others skilled in the art t-o which it' pertains to' make and use the same, reference being drawings, which .had to the accompanying form a part ot-thisspecification.

This invention relates to paper tubes and ,has-fior its object a of a'blank that paper tube that: is forum is foi'n'ied up by the user; 7

p In the drawings:'Fig-ure 1. is a view "of the ,blank. Fig. 2, mid of the blank aslitlis bein'g rolled up.

' Fig. '3, is a s'imilar 'perbpective showing a blank rolled up to the point, Where the diam et-er ofthe tube is fixedagainstreduction. Fig. 4:,lS a similar perspective showing the rolling further advanced. Fig. 5, is a perections a pn one'end at each side. leave an indented edge portion l at this d and. shoulders2 on. each side/ofthe blank; Distant a space equal; to the circumference of the tube that isdesired, are cut notehes V At the opposite end (if-the blank-4s "at-1 tached a pieceof wrapping'paper e Of-su'ii;

ficient width to go at least .once aroun'd a completed tube and-of-sutficient length-sto.

project beyond each end of the' tube These blanks .can be shipped in sheet g formland hence occupy a niini'niumamountof space.

- When it is desired touse a tube, the user 7 40 la x's-the eblank out fiatand starts to toll it from the end with the projections 'a's sho tvn in Fig. '2. As the pro ect ons a come ad acent the notches 8 they drop thereinto and p the shoulders 2 engage with the notches 3 and thereby fix the diameter of the tube so Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed No embe 25,1912.

useful Ihiprepared to'be easily is a perspective of one Patented July 15, fi hts Serial No. 733,252. L

that it cannot be reduced, While the fastencreased. I J

'Fig. 3, shows the fixing of the diameter 'so that reduction is not possible. Fig. 4 shfiows the sheet .of paper 4: rolling ontp the tu e. Ibis paper-may be gummed'as at .tube,tvill befastened so that'the diameter cannot-ii'icrease. The ends of the paper may be tucked in as .at 6 in Fig. 5,. so as'to hold any article-contained in the tube from '.slipping out. a

Of course the gummed strip 5 maybe omitted andpaste or mucilag'e applied with a brush, 'br elasps or other fastening devices might be used. or, for that sheet 4 maybe entirelvoniitted and some other-fasteningmeans provided directly on the blank.

hat I claim is A papei tube comprising a blank having projections at the extreme sides of one end of the blank and notches cut in toward the center-of the blank at each side, the said notches being spaced from the projections a. distance equal to the size of the circhmference desired in the finished tube and means on theend of the blank oppositethat end bearing'the projections tor fastening the blank has been rolled up so as to bring the projections through the notchesto fix the diameter-ofJ-the tube against 'ieduction, wheteby the projections slip without guidance into'itlacmotches, substantially as degscribed.

r In testimony whereof. I sign this specific'ation in the presence'of two Witnesses.

I GEORGE B. $TREI'l. Witnesses: i I

STUART C. BARNES,

VIRGINIA G. SPRATT,

matter; the paper 111g means at the opposite end-of'the tubes fixes the diameter so that it cannot be inand when this is moistened, the completed 1 blank to prevent unrolling when the said I 

